Rail-joint.



PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906.

H. R. JOHNSON.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1906.

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Application filed March 7, 1906. Serial No. 30 2 7311 To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY R. JonNsoN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Carnegie, in the County of-Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-"Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and .useful improvements inrail-joints; and the invention has for its primary object the provisionof novel means for securing the confronting ends of two sections ofrails together without the use of nuts and bolts, splice-bars, orfish-platesl Another object of this invention is to pro vide arail-joint having a continuous tread which will dispense with the'arring of rollingstock passing over the joint etween two sections ofrails.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail-joint which willbe extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, coinplarativelyinexpensive to manufacture, and

'ghly efficient when in use.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appearas the nature of the invention is better understood, the sa'me'consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and, referring to thedrawings accompanying this application, lik numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughoutboth views, in which Figure 1 isa erspective View of the confronting ends oftwo sections of rails,illustrating the construction of said rails to form a joint. brokenaway, illustrating .the confronting ends of two sections of rails joinedtogether. To put my invention into practice, I use the ordinary type ofrails 1 and 2 commonly employed in railwa construction for formingtracks over whic 1 rolling-stock is, adapted to travel. splice-bars, andshlates I construct a rail '2 whereby its end wi l fit over the end ofthe rail 1 and form practically a continuous tread. To this end I cutaway the head 3 of the rail 1,

leaving a web portion 4, which, together with the base fianges' 5 5, iscutaway, as indicated at-6 6, formin seats for the adjoining railsection2. The ase-flanges 7 7 formed by cutting away the flanges 5 5, areprovided with a together. to become lat Fig. 2 is a side elevation,partly- In dis ensing with nuts and bolts,

plurality of apertures or openings .8, which ar, as desired.

3 tion of rail 2 has the underneath face of its aase fiange 9 cut away,as at 10 10, while its web portion 11 is-provided with avertically-disposed slot 12, extending upwardly into the head 14 of therail,2, as at 15. The base-flanges 16 16, formedby cutting away theflanges .9 9, are provided witlra plurality of a ertures or openings 17of' the same size as t e openings or apertures 8 of the rail 1.

In cutting away the head 3 of the rail 1 I provide the end of the head 3with an inclined or beveled face 17 and conespondingly bevel or inclinethe head 14 of the rail 2, as at 18, whereby when the rails l and 2 areplaced together the inclined or beveled faces 17 and 18 of said railswill coincide.

The rail-head 14 is ada ted to fit upon the rail 1, the web portion 4.-o" the rail 1 engaging in the slot 15 of the rail 2, While the flanges16 16 of the rail 2 I650 upon the flanges 7 7 of the railI-l. Spikes orthe like fastening means 19 are often employed for securing the rails 1and 2 together,- said spikes passing through the apertures or openings17 of the rail 2 and the apertures or openings 8 of the rail 1 firmlylocking the rail 2 upon. the rail 1-.

The overlapping end of the rail 2 is adapted to fern-fa continuous treadbetween the heads 3 and 14' of said rails, and the beveled, Orininclined faces 17 and 18 of said rails are adapted 'to revent the rail 2from rising irrespec tive o the rail. 1 when. said rails are secured maybe circular or rectangih The ad oining p disp aced-relative to theother, and expan. ..en and contraction of said rails Wlll be permittedby making the openpermit of movement irrespective of the spikes 19 or61611168118 employed for holding the rails in engagement with the ties20 and 21.

a .webportions l'andthebaseflanges 5 of the rails 1 and 2 I am e'habledto maintain a smooth and even connection between the rails 1 and 2 whenthe rail 2 is placed inengagenient with the rail 1, thisbeing especiallytrue of the heads 3 and 14 of said rails.

Whzitl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A rail-joint, consisting of rail ends, one. of which is provided with aslot extending the entire depth of the rail-flange, andinto the.

rail-head, said rail end having the under- .ltwill be im .ossible forone railings 8 and 1'1" oi said rails of a sufhcient s1 ze to 7 neathface of the rail-base out away and the being inclined at reverse angleswhereby the flanges of said base provided with apertures, ends of saidtreads will match when the rail the other rail end having its tread cutaway ends are engaged and securing-spikes passed for a distance e ualtothe length of the slot through said apertures.

5 in the first-mentioned rail end, and-having the In testimony whereof IaffiX my signature I 5 4 upper face of the flanges forming the railinthe presence of two Witnesses.

base cut away", said flanges provided with ap HARVEY R. JOHNSON erturesregistering With the first-mentioned Witnesses: apertures when the railsare matched to- E. E. POTTER,

- 1o gether, the adjacent ends of the rail-treads v M. E. LAWSON.

